Marcelina Posted June 28, 2016 #1 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Hey guys, I was just searching around through YouTube and I saw another one of the 'Real mermaid caught on camera' videos. Well hey, it still sparked my interest, and I saw the video and it encouraged me to make this topic. -- What is your opinion on mermaids? Do you think they are real? As most of you may be aware, we have only explored less than five percent of the ocean, and just thinking about it blows my mind. There could be anything out there.. literally anything could be hiding and we just don't know of it yet. Mermaids have been such a popular topic to talk about and many people think that they are real after seeing one of the "Real mermaid caught on camera (100% REAL)" videos, but what do you think? Do you think they are fake.. or real? I want to see what you guys think about mermaids. Personally, I think that they are real, but all of those pictures and videos are fake. For all we know, they could live in the deep deep ocean where us humans won't even be able to reach even with the best technology in the future years. So, what's your opinion on this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 28, 2016 #2 Share Posted June 28, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenomelia Here's your answer if 'mermaids' are really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TzarSeft Posted June 28, 2016 #3 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Yes read david icke's Children of the Matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted June 28, 2016 #4 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Mermaids as they appear in popular lore are questionable. Assuming land and marine apes parted ways a million years or so ago, there would not have been time for natural evolution to change them so completely. They would not be on the way to fishy tails. They would look more like seals or sea otters. There would be no long hair on the heads, no exposed genitalia or breasts. To counteract the cold. subcutaneous fat would increase to insulate the core. Unless you postulate alien intervention. If you assume they were created, then they are not well adapted to their environment. Marine humans would be a coastal creature and we would see them often, like seals. Consider also giving birth. Pinnipeds need to come out on land to give birth. Whales and dolphins have a suite of special adaptations to give birth in the water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted June 28, 2016 #5 Share Posted June 28, 2016 There is no such thing as memaids 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted June 28, 2016 #6 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Manatees and Dugongs are suspects as the origin of mermaid stories, but it would be a very lonely sailor that saw them as a substitute for the women missing from the seagoing life. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattpoison Posted June 28, 2016 #7 Share Posted June 28, 2016 It would be interesting if mermaids were real but I doubt it. Most mythical creatures seem to be a mix of two real creatures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted June 28, 2016 #8 Share Posted June 28, 2016 They're fake. A human/fish cross is biologically impossible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftermath Posted June 28, 2016 #9 Share Posted June 28, 2016 *As I move my head side-to-side, slowly close my eyes and lower my head ever so slightly, in a most disapproving manner, and exhale* Fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattpoison Posted June 29, 2016 #10 Share Posted June 29, 2016 On 6/28/2016 at 0:06 PM, Podo said: They're fake. A human/fish cross is biologically impossible. Sadly, I think I know a guy who would volunteer to try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 30, 2016 #11 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Mermaids are not real. The "we've only explored 5% of the oceans" is a deceiving statement. While maybe technically true based off of volume, I think we have identified most living organisms. A breeding population of human/fish animals would surely have shown up in a net by now. It would not be like a normal fish that may go unnoticed. This seems silly to me to even consider. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 2, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 2, 2016 On 6/28/2016 at 3:08 PM, rattpoison said: It would be interesting if mermaids were real but I doubt it. Most mythical creatures seem to be a mix of two real creatures. That does seem to be the theme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 2, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 2, 2016 On 6/28/2016 at 4:06 PM, Podo said: They're fake. A human/fish cross is biologically impossible. Not if someone smarter than us had a way to jump the gene sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 2, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) I would lean towards: yes they are real. I say this because many professional navy personnel have seen them, and I don't mean "drunken sailors." Also through out history man has worshiped "gods' that are half man half fish, like Dagon. In fact this is where the Popes hat came from. Edited July 2, 2016 by Columbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 2, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 2, 2016 If they find cthulhu then let me know. Until then I highly doubt mermaids exist and if they do exist they won't be sexy chick trying to lure sailors into the abyss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only_ Posted July 2, 2016 #16 Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) I haven't seen convincing evidence. Beware the fake documentaries on mermaids. The only thing I've heard is anedoctes by less than reliable witnesses. So I guess I'm in the ''No'' camp for now. Edited July 2, 2016 by TruthSeeker_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted July 2, 2016 #17 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Columbo said: Not if someone smarter than us had a way to jump the gene sequence. Well sure, genetic tampering could, in theory, create a hybrid of some kind. But, our technology is far from such feats. By extension, the "mermaids" from folklore clearly couldn't exist as genuine mammal/fish hybrids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted July 2, 2016 #18 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Columbo said: I would lean towards: yes they are real. I say this because many professional navy personnel have seen them, and I don't mean "drunken sailors." Also through out history man has worshiped "gods' that are half man half fish, like Dagon. In fact this is where the Popes hat came from. Humans worshiping human/animal hybrids in no way implies the reality of such creatures. There is no record of such animals in the fossil record, and absolutely no shred of evidence suggesting the existence of such things. All that exists is centuries of anecdotal evidence from unenlightened people who believe in fantastical gods and other impossible mythologies 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted July 2, 2016 #19 Share Posted July 2, 2016 I'm in the ''No'' camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redefining Success Posted July 2, 2016 #20 Share Posted July 2, 2016 IF they did exist, then why havent they told us to stop filling there garden with ****? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted July 2, 2016 #21 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Mermaids are creatures of mythology. There are loads of legendary creatures...just look at this Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_legendary_creatures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 2, 2016 #22 Share Posted July 2, 2016 IMO, "mermaids" in the classical term do not, never have, and never will exist. The closest we have to "mermaids" are dolphins, manatees, and similar creatures. But a "human-fish hybrid"? Ridiculous. No skeletons, no nothing. Just drunk imagination on the "ancient high seas" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted July 2, 2016 #23 Share Posted July 2, 2016 All of those videos are fake, and the docufiction about them is fiction made to appear like a documentary (the disclaimers are very vague and flash across the screen too quickly to read). Regardless of the fact that mermaids, megalodon, big foot, and the Loch Ness monster don't really exist...people are probably gonna continue to experience "sightings" of them. The mythology is just deeply ingrained in our subconscious. I'm still holding out hope for Cthulhu, though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 3, 2016 #24 Share Posted July 3, 2016 On 6/28/2016 at 1:42 AM, Marcelina said: searching around through YouTube Youtube has a lotto answer for, it should be a source for education, but things seem to have back fired. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 5, 2016 #25 Share Posted July 5, 2016 On 7/1/2016 at 10:19 PM, Columbo said: I would lean towards: yes they are real. I say this because many professional navy personnel have seen them, and I don't mean "drunken sailors." Maybe they were indeed drunk. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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